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Islamist group forces schools to close in Pakistan's southwest

By Gul Yousafzai

QUETTA, Pakistan, May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of women, children and activists marched in Pakistan's volatile province of Baluchistan on Wednesday in a protest against a campaign by an Islamist group to force schools to shut down across the region.

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